Battle of the Colline Gate
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The Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) was a decisive clash outside Rome during Sulla’s civil war, securing his dictatorship and reshaping the late Roman Republic’s political order.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of the Colline Gate canonical | 4 |
| Battle of the Colline Gate in 82 BCE | 1 |
| Battle of the Porta Collina | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1900443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Colline Gate Context triple: [Pompey the Great, notableBattle, Battle of the Colline Gate]
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A.
Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
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B.
Siege of Segusio
The Siege of Segusio was a military engagement in 312 AD during Constantine the Great’s campaign against Maxentius in northern Italy, forming part of the civil war that culminated in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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C.
Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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Battle of Ravenna
The Battle of Ravenna was a major 1512 clash during the Italian Wars in which French forces won a costly victory over a Spanish-papal army, marking one of the bloodiest engagements of the conflict.
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E.
Battle of Bologna
The Battle of Bologna was a late-World War II Allied offensive in April 1945 in northern Italy, in which Polish forces under General Władysław Anders played a key role in capturing the city from German troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Battle of the Colline Gate Target entity description: The Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) was a decisive clash outside Rome during Sulla’s civil war, securing his dictatorship and reshaping the late Roman Republic’s political order.
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A.
Battle of La Gudina
The Battle of La Gudina was a 1709 engagement of the War of the Spanish Succession in which Franco-Spanish forces decisively defeated a Portuguese army on the Spanish-Portuguese border.
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B.
Siege of Segusio
The Siege of Segusio was a military engagement in 312 AD during Constantine the Great’s campaign against Maxentius in northern Italy, forming part of the civil war that culminated in the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.
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C.
Battle of Sacile
The Battle of Sacile was an 1809 Napoleonic Wars engagement in northern Italy in which Austrian forces temporarily defeated the French-led army of Eugène de Beauharnais.
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D.
Battle of Ravenna
The Battle of Ravenna was a major 1512 clash during the Italian Wars in which French forces won a costly victory over a Spanish-papal army, marking one of the bloodiest engagements of the conflict.
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E.
Battle of Bologna
The Battle of Bologna was a late-World War II Allied offensive in April 1945 in northern Italy, in which Polish forces under General Władysław Anders played a key role in capturing the city from German troops.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient battle
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battle ⓘ |
| aftermath |
Sulla appointed dictator legibus scribundis et rei publicae constituendae
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curtailment of the powers of the tribunes of the plebs ⓘ implementation of Sullan constitutional reforms ⓘ strengthening of the Roman Senate's authority ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Roman social and political tensions after the Social War
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Samnite Wars legacy ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Caesarian faction
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surface form:
Marian faction
Samnite forces ⓘ forces of Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ |
| combatant |
optimates
ⓘ
populares ⓘ |
| commandedBy |
Pompey the Great
ⓘ
surface form:
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ Marcus Licinius Crassus ⓘ |
| conflictIn |
Sulla’s Second Civil War
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surface form:
Sulla's Second Civil War
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| date | 82 BC ⓘ |
| describedAs | decisive clash outside Rome ⓘ |
| era |
Late Roman Republic
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surface form:
late Roman Republic
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| followedBy |
Sulla’s Second Civil War
ⓘ
surface form:
Sulla's dictatorship
|
| historicalPeriod | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| languageOfPrimarySources | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Servian Wall
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surface form:
Servian Wall of Rome
|
| location |
Colline Gate
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Rome ⓘ |
| notableFor |
intense urban and suburban fighting near Rome's walls
ⓘ
large-scale slaughter of captured enemies ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Gaius Marius the Younger
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Pontius Telesinus ⓘ Samnite leaders ⓘ |
| partOf |
Roman civil wars
ⓘ
late Roman Republic political conflicts ⓘ |
| precededBy |
Battle of the Porta Collina campaign operations
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Sulla’s Second Civil War ⓘ
surface form:
Sulla's march on Rome in 83–82 BC
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| result |
decisive Sullan victory
ⓘ
victory for Lucius Cornelius Sulla ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
consolidation of Sulla's control over Rome
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establishment of Sulla's dictatorship ⓘ mass executions of Sulla's opponents ⓘ proscriptions in the Roman Republic ⓘ |
| significance |
marked the effective end of organized Marian resistance in Italy
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reshaped the political order of the late Roman Republic ⓘ secured Sulla's dictatorship ⓘ |
| theater | Italian Peninsula ⓘ |
| year | 82 BC ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Battle of the Colline Gate Description of subject: The Battle of the Colline Gate (82 BC) was a decisive clash outside Rome during Sulla’s civil war, securing his dictatorship and reshaping the late Roman Republic’s political order.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Battle of the Colline Gate in 82 BCE
this entity surface form:
Battle of the Porta Collina